Translation of the Meanings of the Noble Qur'an - English Translation - Abdullah Hasan Yaqoub * - Translations’ Index
وَلَقَدۡ صَرَّفۡنَا فِي هَٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانِ لِلنَّاسِ مِن كُلِّ مَثَلٖۚ وَكَانَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ أَكۡثَرَ شَيۡءٖ جَدَلٗا
54. And We have certainly varied in this Qur’an every kind of example for mankind28. But man is ever more quarrelsome than anything29.
28. So that people may become mindful of God and be rightly guided.
29. Humans always defend their position instead of yielding to the truth. It pertains to disbelievers more than anyone else.
29. Humans always defend their position instead of yielding to the truth. It pertains to disbelievers more than anyone else.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
وَمَا مَنَعَ ٱلنَّاسَ أَن يُؤۡمِنُوٓاْ إِذۡ جَآءَهُمُ ٱلۡهُدَىٰ وَيَسۡتَغۡفِرُواْ رَبَّهُمۡ إِلَّآ أَن تَأۡتِيَهُمۡ سُنَّةُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ أَوۡ يَأۡتِيَهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابُ قُبُلٗا
55. And nothing prevents people from believing when the guidance has come to them, and from asking forgiveness from their Lord 'Allāh', except that the tradition of the ancients30 should come to them, or that the torment should come face to face to them.
30. Who rebelled against God.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
وَمَا نُرۡسِلُ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرِينَ وَمُنذِرِينَۚ وَيُجَٰدِلُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِٱلۡبَٰطِلِ لِيُدۡحِضُواْ بِهِ ٱلۡحَقَّۖ وَٱتَّخَذُوٓاْ ءَايَٰتِي وَمَآ أُنذِرُواْ هُزُوٗا
56. We do not send Messengers but as givers of good news and warners31. And the disbelievers argue in falsehood that they may refute thereby the Truth, and they take My revelations and that with which they are warned as mockery.
31. The Prophet Muhammad said: "If anyone testifies that Lâ ilâha illallâh (none has the right to be worshipped but Allāh Alone) Who has no partners, and that Muhammad is His servant and His Messenger, and that Jesus is God's servant and His Messenger and His Word ("Be", and he was) which He bestowed on Mary and a spirit created by Allāh, and that Paradise is real, and Hell is real, Allāh will admit him into Paradise with the deeds which he had done even if those deeds were few."
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
وَمَنۡ أَظۡلَمُ مِمَّن ذُكِّرَ بِـَٔايَٰتِ رَبِّهِۦ فَأَعۡرَضَ عَنۡهَا وَنَسِيَ مَا قَدَّمَتۡ يَدَاهُۚ إِنَّا جَعَلۡنَا عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمۡ أَكِنَّةً أَن يَفۡقَهُوهُ وَفِيٓ ءَاذَانِهِمۡ وَقۡرٗاۖ وَإِن تَدۡعُهُمۡ إِلَى ٱلۡهُدَىٰ فَلَن يَهۡتَدُوٓاْ إِذًا أَبَدٗا
57. Who is more unjust than he who is reminded of the Verses of his Lord 'Allāh', then he turns away from them and forgets what his two hands have sent forth (of sins)? Indeed, We have placed veils over their hearts lest they understand it and deafness in their ears. And if you invite them to the 'right' guidance, they will never be guided.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
وَرَبُّكَ ٱلۡغَفُورُ ذُو ٱلرَّحۡمَةِۖ لَوۡ يُؤَاخِذُهُم بِمَا كَسَبُواْ لَعَجَّلَ لَهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابَۚ بَل لَّهُم مَّوۡعِدٞ لَّن يَجِدُواْ مِن دُونِهِۦ مَوۡئِلٗا
58. And your Lord (Allāh) is the Ever-Forgiving, The Owner of Mercy. Were He to seize men for what they earn (of sin), He would certainly have hastened the torment for them; rather for them there is an appointed time, from which they will find no refuge.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
وَإِذۡ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِفَتَىٰهُ لَآ أَبۡرَحُ حَتَّىٰٓ أَبۡلُغَ مَجۡمَعَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَيۡنِ أَوۡ أَمۡضِيَ حُقُبٗا
60. And (mention)32 when Moses said to his young attendant (Joshua): "I shall not give up (travelling) until I reach the junction of the two seas33 even if I travel for ages."
32. Muhammed, God's Messenger ﷺ, tells one story of Moses (عليه السلام) as he stood delivering a speech to the Children of Israel. One of them asked him if he knew anyone more knowledgeable than he was and he replied in the negative. Then God revealed to him that His servant, Al-Khiḍr, was of greater knowledge than himself. Moses then asked God about a way of meeting him and he was told to seek him out where the fish come to life and swim into the sea.
33. The Gulf of Aqaba and the Gulf of Suez.
33. The Gulf of Aqaba and the Gulf of Suez.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
Translation of the Meanings of the Noble Qur'an - English Translation - Abdullah Hasan Yaqoub - Translations’ Index
Translated by Abdullah Hasan Yaqoub